Improvement in scrubbers and mops



entre sare aum )effet WILLIAM PENN WALKERv AND ERNEST-'HENRY LEsEMAN, or TOLEDO,

' OHIO.

Letters Patent N0. 110,400, dated December 20, 1870.

IMPRQVEMENT IN SCRUBBERS AND-MOPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letter Patent and making part of the lame.

To 'all whom it may concern-: y 1 Be it known ,that we, WILLIAM PENN 'WALKER and Enxas'r HENRY LnsEMAiv, of Toledo, -inthe connt'y of Lucasrand in th'e State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Rubber Scrnbhers and Mops; and do .hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

rlhe nature of our invent-ion consists in the' construction and arrangement of a rubber scrubber and mop, as will be hereinafter fully set forth;

In order to enable others' skilled in the art to which our inventionappertains'to make and use the same, we wiil now proceed to describe its construct-ion and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-- Figure 1 .is a perspective-view, and Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section. A represents the mop-head, constructed as shown lin the drawing, so as to be on the sarneplane as the handle 'when this is inserted in the head. The head A may be used with or without a handle; the one 'without a handle to be used as a hand-.scrubber for shelves, stairs, casings, Src.

In the under side of the head A is made any desired number of square grooves running the entire length of the head, in which' grooves rubber strips B B are inserted, said strips projecting beyond the ends f'the head to facilitate use in corners.

Each of these rubber strips B is fastened by means -of one or`more rods, a, which may be either round,

square, or other shape, and made of wood, metal, or other suitable material.

These rods are inserted insmall side grooves, that is, small grooves cut inthe sidesv ofthe main groove where therubber is placed.' l

.applied for other purposes also as well as for scrubbers.

The rubber strips B B are cut in the edges, as shown in tig. l, fora suitable distance, allowingtlie rubber to adapt itself more easily to uneven surfaces.l

Having thus fully described our invention,

`\Vhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The method herein described, of fastening rnbber strips in grooves by means \of one or more side grooves and rods to each strip, substantially as herein lset forth.

2. The combination of thehead A and rubber strips B B, when Vsaid strips extend beyond the end of the head, have theilrlower edges cut at suitable intervals, and are fastened in the head by the rods a, all substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony thatwe claim -the foregoing we have `hereunto set` our hands this 12th day of November,

WILLIAM PENN WALKER. ERNEST HENRY LESEMAN.

Witnesses:

C. L. EVERTS, H. J. RAFFENSPERGER. 

